Service-based backup data restoring to devices
US9858153B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 2, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1469
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A user of a device has an account with a service that stores copies of common data that is automatically made available to any of the user's devices and also stores copies of device-specific data that is available to the user on particular user-selected devices but is not automatically made available to all of the user's devices. A set of backed up devices can be displayed to the user of a particular device with various information describing the devices to facilitate user selection of a device, such as a visual representation of the type of the device that was backed up, a visual representation of a desktop or start screen display of the device that was backed up, and so forth. The user can select one of the displayed devices, and in response have the backed up device-specific data for the selected device copied to the particular device.
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